Numbering-machine.



5. B. CONRAD,

NUMBERING MAGENE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY so. 1969.

JAM. LZ

SI ASSISTANT B. B. CONRAD. NUi/IBBRING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY so, 1909.

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ANDREW co., Pnnw-Uwosnnmsns, wAsmNsTon, D. C.

i retratar orribili .BENJAMIN B. CONRAD, OF NEl/f YORK,

ASSIGNOR TO AMERICAN NUMBERING MACHNF. COMPANY, OF BROOKLYN, NEW' YORK, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

NUMBERNG-MACHINE.

Application filed July 30, 1909.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, BENJAMIN B. CON- RAD, a citizen ot the United States, residing at the borough of Brook '4j county oit Kings, city and State ot New York, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Numberiiig-Machines, of which the following is a clear, tull, and exact description.

The object of this invention is to provide an improved numbering machine, in which there is carried a plurality ot lines et type on independent shafts.

flhe particular machine shown and described herein is one known as a combined dater and numberer.

fr tui-ther object is to provide such a machine in which the plurality ot lines of type is located upon wheels, one set of such wheels being at an angle, preferably at a right angle, to another set of wheels.

A. further object is to so locate, and so proportion the wheels of one set, which is at an angle to another set, that the lines of printed matter produced by the machine, although at an angle to each other, and although produced by wheels, will be located as close togetl'ier as is possible, and thus reduce the size not only et the machine, but ot the inscription, which is printed thereby. ln order to accomplish this last etiect l preferably provide an undercut or reclosed side to an end wheel ot one of the sets into which the type characters of another set may enter. ln order to get the dilierent lines of type more closely together, l prefer in most instances to provide the undercut wheel of a size much larger than the wheels which occupy a postion within the undercut.

ln carrying out this invention, it will be understood that it relates to machines with any known type of inking device, although in the present specication l have shown the inking device to be a ribbon inking device. lt will be apparent that a machine ot this character may be made with its own independent U trame, which is well known, and common in the art, but in this specification l have preferred to show the machine as mounted on an auxiliary trame ot some weight, provided with a jaw, into which the paper may be inserted for printing, known in the art as a platform machine. ln carrying out this invention, l prefer also to provide a visible indicator tor the numbering Specification of Letters Patent.

ltatented Apr. 5, il.

seran No. 510,365.

machine, such as shown in my own United States ljatent #007,128, patented December 92nd, 1008, and assigned to my assignee in this case.

In the speciication and drawings appended hereto, l have shown and described a manually operated lever for automatically advancing' consecutive numbering wheels. I have also shown a manually operated lever for advancing some of the date wheels. It will be obvious that any other means, either automatic or non-automatic, lever control or otherwise, known in the art, may be substituted tor such advancing mechanisms.

When the machine is a combined numberer and dater, as it is in the speciiic 'form shown in the present application, l prefer to provide manually controlled means for advancing those wheels which control the date. rlie mechanism tor accon'iplishing this purpose may be that described in my United States Patent, dated July 20th,1900, No. 028,740, or any other suitable mechanism. lt will be noted in the prese-nt application, that the wheels for the year and for the month can be operated by hand or a wooden stylus, and are not provided with any mechanism upon the machine tor securing such purpose. lt will be noticed that the single lever for advancing the numbering wheels is, as shown in this application, only adapted tor the consecutive advancement of the number as desired by the operator, but my invention is not limited to such particular mechanism.

T he scope ot my invention will be fully pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure l is a side elevation of a machine. and plat- 'torm built. according to my invention. Fig. 2 is a plan view of Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a detail view with part-s omitted, showing in side elevation, a consecutive numbering wheel, and the adjacent date wheels. Fig. Il is asectional view on line #4, Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a sectional view on line 5 5 Fig. 3. Fig. G is a front elevation enlarged, of the plunger head on my improved machine, the handle being partly broken away. Fig. 7 is a similar view to Fig. 6 with the ribbon mechl anism, the front plate and the stationary casingl removed to expose the part-s. Fig. 8 is a bottom plan View of Fig. 7. Fig. 9 is an enlarged sectional view of part of the main shaft, and number wheel, and a front CII lla",

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elevation of the remainder of said wheel and second set of wheels, in this instance the dating wheels. F ig. is an end elevation of the plunger casing, taken from the left hand side of Fig. 7. F ig. 11 is aseotion taken on line 11-11 F ig. 7. Fig. 12 is a plan of an impression made by a machine of this invention.

is shown in the accompanyingdrawings, particularly Figs. 1 and 2, I prefer to provide for a numbering machine of the character herein described, a standard or :base 1, having' a platform 2 provided vwith a platen 3 against which the paper may lie `to receive the impression. The base 1 is `preferably made with a long jaw 4, the upper member of the base above the jaw being preferably in two parts, outer `part G constituting the frame for the numbering machine, in which its number head .is recipro cated, being' pivoted at 7. l prefer also to lodge the two parts 5 and G permanently 1n the position shown in Fig. 1 by an ordinary bolt S, which may be shot across vthe two parts in Vthe bolt sockets 9 and 10 .to keep the machine in position, shown lin that tigure, although any other suitable means for permitting the lmachine vto occupy the position shown in Fig. 1 or to Abe swung up away from the platform 1 may be adopted.

r.lhe numbering machine proper consists of a plunger head H, which is provided with certain guides 11 traveling in slotted guide ways shown in Fig. 2 in the stationary casing 12 of'thc machine. rlhe stationary casing `may be secured by .screws 13 to the upper and outer portions 4,of the frame The plunger head is vnormally held .in upwzvd position, that position shown in Fig. 1 by a spring 1st (see Fig. 7) common in the art, and the post 15 surrounded -by the spring 14E is securedto the reciprocating head H, a suitable vwooden handle 1G vbeing provided for the downward reciprocation of the plunger head. lVithin the plunger head and carried in suitable supports 17, there is provided a main shaft 18 `carrying a series l of number wheels, seven in the vpresent instance, represented by the characters 19 and 19. The end wheels 19/ of this set of wheels are provided with a dished outer side I for a purpose hereinafter to be described. Each wheel 19 and 19 carries the usual ratchet teeth 20, whichare engaged by suitable pawls 21 of ra pawl swing 2Q, which pawl swing is shown in ydotted lines lin Fig. 7 and partially in dotted lines Iin I? ig. 11, and is kpivoted at 23 to `the plunger head. A pin Qi extends through a `slot in the side plate 26 of the plunger head, and is engaged by the forked end of a lever 27 provided with a handle 2S.

The pawl swing', pawls and leverre normally maintained fin the position of F ig.

1G by a spring 29 ybearing against the guide l plates 11 of the plunger head, and against the operating handle 2S. Such operating handle, wheels and operating devices are, and have been for years, known as lever mechanism for manual operation of numbering wheels. At the side of each wheel 19 and entering into the dished out part of the same, at each end of the setof numbering wheels first described, are wheels 30, '31, 33 and 34, wheels 33 and Bil being shown at the right of the first set of wheels, wheels 30, 31 and lbeing at the left hand Of the `first set of wheels. Tl ese Awheels are :mounted respectively on shafts 3.5 and 3G, .and are free to rotate thereon save that they are lheld in printing position .by detaining pawls 37 of ordinary and usual construction. Springs 3S control the ,detent vpawls. The shafts and 86 are pivoted in the plunger head H as shown particularly in Figs. 7 and 9. The wheels 30 and 31 are thexlate wheels, and are `each provided `with date wheel advancing ratchets, such as shown in my patent .of .July th, 190,9, which, in view of `their intricacy are not vpartie-ularly indicated in this case, having been clearly shown in the aforesaid patent. rThe pawl swing 3711 for the wheels 30, and '31, is provided with an extending pin 3S for engagef vmeut with a bell cranked lever89 pivoted at ll0 to the plunger head, .and provided at its free end with an extending finger 41 for .operation by the user of the machine to cause the ready advance of the date wheels, as may be desired. i I prefer that each of the wheels 19 and A19 `carry not `only printing characters asis usual, but indicating characters located between rows of vprinting characters on each wheel. These characters il2 will appear in a face plate of the machine 3, so that the user of the machine `:may know the serial number at which the machine is then set. Ani aperture 45 is provided with the same face plate i3, through which `the finger -piece 41 of the date lever projects. A gage plate ll-G is secured beneath the machine, and is apertured for vthe appearance of the printing characters. On each side of the aperture I prefer to provide raised ridges a7, so that a ribbon a8 passing over the l characters will. not be in contact therewith, excepting during lan impression. The ribbon 4S is mounted on suitable spools a9 Von each side of the reciprocating plunger head H in vsuitable supports 50. The gage plate may carry dies 51 and 52 containing Aany desired reading matter, and kadditional dies, asdesired, may be located at any other part of the gage plate as ywill be apparent. Fig. .12 shows a sample impression, such as will be made by ,a machine of this character.

As shown in Figs. 3, a and 5, by dishing l the printing character 53 ,of the wheel 82 out the wheels y19 I am .enabled ;to bring sessie nearer to the printing character of the end wheel of the consecutive numbering wheels. lt Will be apparent from these iigures that the extreme outside of the dating Wheels will have their characters enter fart-her into the dished recess than will the central characters. This is indicated in the figures described, and is' of importance in keeping the size of a machine of this character in the smallest possible compass. shown in this case, my machine is a coil-- bination of consecutive numbering and 1ating machines. lf desired, more than one consecutive set of numbers could be used in place of the dating wheels, and the date wheels might be substituted for the printing Wheels, and vice-versa, all Within the skill of a mechanic in this art, and that the mechanism for advancing the Wheels might be any of the varied mechanism Vell known in the art.

In car'ying out this invention, details of construction may be varied from those shown, and yet the essence of the invention be retained, some parts might be employed Without others, and new features thereof might be combined with elements old in the art in diverse ways, although the herein described type is regarded as embodying substantial improvements over such modifica.- tions,

is many changes could be made in the above construction, and many apparently Widely different embodiments of the invention could be made Without departing from the scope thereof, it is intended that all matter contained 1n the above description or shown 1n the accompanying drawings shall its have be interpreted in an illustrative and not in a limiting sense. l t is furthermore desired to be understood that the language used in the following claim is intended to cover all the generic and specilic features of the invention herein described, and all statements of the scope of the invention which as a matter of language might be said to fall therebetween.

ll claim as my invention:

numbering machine comprising a frame, a reciprocating plunger head within the frame and provided with a gage plate on its under side having an opening therethrough, means for reciprocating said plunger head, a ribbon inking device for the machine, a horizontal shaft mounted on the plunger head, a set of number printing` Wheels rotatable upon said shaft, both end Wheels of said set being undercut on their enter faces, a set of printing wheels at each end of said set of number printing Wheels rotatably mounted on shafts at right angles to the number Wheel shaft and projecting into the undercut faces of the end number printing Wheels and through said opening in the gage plate, the printing surfaces of the several number Wheels being in the saine plane, and ribs on said gage plate at the sides of said opening to hold the inking ribbon from contact With the printing Wheels.

Signed at Brooklyn New York this 2S day of July 1909.

BENJAMIN B. CONRAD. Vi/Titnesses LYDIA Sci-innen, Manne V. VTLLTAMS. 

